“One of the great things about Startup School is that potential founders get to come and hear successful founders speak and then realize that some of those guys really aren't all that smart.”

“If you don't think you're smart enough to start a startup doing something technically difficult, just write enterprise software. Enterprise software companies aren't technology companies, they're sales companies, and sales depends mostly on effort.” — Paul Graham

“Fish, it sounds like you grew lungs (got out of dot-bomb), got some legs (got your own gig), and now you're standing on the beach, blinking in the sun and watching those flying things..

'Wings. That sounds like a good idea.'” — Jim Gaynor

“But the best reason to always build out API's for your product is that it makes it easier for the rest of the world to extend your product or service rather than start competitors.” — Dick Costolo

“We were definitely upset [when Sergey Brin dropped out of Stanford to start Google]. We thought everybody in their right mind ought to get a Ph.D.” — Sergey Brins mother

“F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, 'There are no second acts in American lives.' F. Scott was a drunkard and a fool.” — Hugh MacLeod